Quotes About Determination

When I warned [the French] that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their prime minister and his divided cabinet, "In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken." Some chicken; some neck.

Fanatic. One who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

The maxim of the British people is 'Business as Usual.'

This was their finest hour

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

We will have no truce or parlay with you Hitler, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst -- and we will do our best.

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

The fact that I were too dumb to play college football did not seem to impress the United States Army none.

In life's steeplechases, one must always jump the fences when they come.

Sometimes, I guess there just arn't enough rocks

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Never, never, never give in!

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

not to decide is to decide .

Become a ghost. Forget the attention. Just hustle.

Do you want to know who you are Don't ask. Act Action will delineate and define you.

You ain't gonna stop trying to get where you going until you reach it.

You would be miserable if you had to go through life with a human doormat with 'Welcome' written on him. You want some one made of sterner stuff. You want, as it were, a sparring-partner, some one with whom you can quarrel happily with the certain knowledge that he will not curl up in a ball for you to kick, but will be there with the return wallop.

A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts.

Things do not always happen as one plans. There are many disappointments in life. There is always the unexpected. You plan carefully, you decide on one step after another, and then...well, that is life. We are not God. So you see, one cannot afford to be weighed down by the unexpected. You will find that only determination will bring one through, sheer determination. And faith in God. Don't ever neglect your prayers....